After nine nervous and exhausting stages that took the peloton from the Riviera to the Pyrenees via a short journey in the Alps, riders would normally take some time off on Monday with their friends and families. In addition to their recovery routine, the 166 remaining riders will stay in their own ''bubble,'' with a Damocles sword hanging over their head as they will undergo coronavirus tests that will decide whether they can keep on racing. The price paid for the race to be run is a heavy sanitary protocol which includes mandatory COVID-19 testing for riders and teams staff members on rest days.
